Some Greene and Montgomery county judges have dozens of cases that have dragged on longer than the Ohio Supreme Court says is proper for the quick administration of justice.

“If cases languish too long, witnesses go away, information disappears, memories fade,” said Brian Farrington, a statistical analyst for the Supreme Court of Ohio. “So getting cases done timely is almost critical to getting them done right.”

What did the Dayton Daily News discover from analyzing five years of court data? How much of a problem is this locally?

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